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Up in the Rocky Mountains : writing the Swedish immigrant experience / Jennifer Eastman Attebery.

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Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsÕ s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Attebery, Jennifer Eastman, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Swedish Americans > West (U.S.) > Correspondence.
Swedish Americans > Rocky Mountains Region > Correspondence.
Immigrants > West (U.S.) > Correspondence.
Immigrants > Rocky Mountains Region > Correspondence.
Letter writing > West (U.S.) > History.
Letter writing > Rocky Mountains Region > History.
American letters > West (U.S.)
American letters > Rocky Mountains Region.
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs.
Rocky Mountains Region > Social life and customs.
American letters.
Immigrants.
Letter writing.
Manners and customs.
Swedish Americans.
Rocky Mountains Region.
West United States.
History.
Personal correspondence.
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Summary:Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsÕ shared culture in correspondence collections and brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 304 pages) : illustrations, map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
ISBN:9780816654208
0816654204
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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